From the Founders of a Nation
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
– Thomas Jefferson
And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor
– Declaration of Independence
Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives
– James Madison
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other
– John Adams
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety
– Benjamin Franklin
The Goodness of America
Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power
– Alexis de Tocqueville
From Free Enterprise Concepts
Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise
– Thomas Jefferson
So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear, that there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free-enterprise system
– Milton Friedman
I believe that without free enterprise there can be no democracy
– Dwight D. Eisenhower
